Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-03-29
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
THE PROPOSED GAINESVILLE AND
NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD.
Pay Of the Bevisers Of the Code General
Business Private Bills,
&c &C 40.

When the Senate met yesterday
at II o'clock noon there were more
vacant than occupied seats in the
chamber, only eighteen out of forty
members being present. Hon. j.
Marshall Mccormick called the body
to order, Lieutenant Governor Massey
and Mr.. Hurt, President pro tenn, both
being absent. There was no prayer.
FROM COMMITTEES.
When the reports OF standing com
milteos were called for the only bill re.
ported was by Mr.. Stubs, from the
Committee on Education, to authorize
and empower the school trustees of the
Stonewall district, in the county os
Highland, to sell certain school prop
erty therein.
Mr.. Gordon asked that the Finance
Committee be relieved from the further
consideration of the bill "to repeal Sec
ton % of chapter 10, subdivision OF
chapter 81 of the Acts of 1S77-7S, APP
proved March II, 1878, in reference to
criminal proceeding" and that the bill
be referred to the Committee for Courts
of Justice. Agreed to.
VIRGINIA VOLUNTEERS.
Mr. Williams introduced the follow
ing bill to amend and resnact section
81 of an act approved March u, 1881,
entitled San act to provide for the or
ganization, maintenance. and govern
ment of the Virginia Volunteers, aud
to repeal existing laws concerning the
volunteer militia.
BE IL enacted Jy.he GhnrTd' Assembly Of vir-
Cinia That section 81 Of chapter 40 Of session
acts Of 1884 be amended and re- enacted 80 rs
10 read as follows:
sSI. To provide for carrying into operation
the provisions OF this at 10 shall be the ddty
Of tho Auditor 10 set aside annually = OF
per centum OF all receipts Into the Treasury
derived from regular sources OF income, ex-
cept the school fund, which sum 50 Sct ASIDE
shall constitute and be known as the military
fund, which is hereby appropriated 10 the uses
and purposes set forth in this act: ITopidef
however, That no other or further GpprOpria-
ton or sum Of money shall be made, expended,
or asked for for the purpose OF carrying into
operation the provisions Of this act, or any Of
them.
.. This act shall be in force from its passage.
Referred to the Committee on Gene
ral Laws.
Mr.. Williams, in the same connection,
offered the following, which was adopt
ed:
Resoired, That the Auditor Of Public Accounts
be, and he IA hereby, requested 70 furnish tho
Senate q statement showing the amounts now
10 the credit Of the volunteer militia OF this
State as shown by the books In his Office.
TO INCREASE THE CoSTIN GENT FUND.
On motion of Mr.. Stubs,
Resoired. That tho Committee on Finance and
Banks be requested to inquire into the neces-
sity of increasing the contingent fund 70 Slj,-
600 for the year ending Both september, 1887.
GAINESVILLE AND NORTH CAROLINA.
Mr.. Ellyson introduced bill. which
was referred to the Committee on
Roads and Internal Navigation, to in
corporate the GAINESVILLE and North
Carolina Railroad Company. The cor
porators named in the bill are Messrs.
Charles Watkins, +. d. Christian, J.
b. Pace, Z. G. Williams, and J. L.
Gray. The proposed road will run
from the town of GAINESVILLE to any
point on the line between Virginia and
North Carolina, there to connect with
road to Oxford, n. G.
The capital stock shall not be less
than 10000 nor more than $1,000
to be divided into shares of 500 each.
The company shall have power to
consolidate with any other company in
the State of Virginia or North Oaro-
lima, whose line of road connects, or
will connect, with the road named in
the bill.
PRESENTED AND REFERRED.
BY Mr.. Heaton Bill to incorporate
the LeesbrIg Hotel improvement Com
pany.
BY Mr.. Dalton: To protect the aids
to navigation established by the au-
thority of the United States Light
House Board within the State of vir-
ginia.
BY Mr.. Jones To authorize and en-
power the school trustees of the Stone
wall district in the county of Highland
to cell certain school property therein.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE.
Mr.. Jones asked for leave OF absence
for one day for Mr.. Warwick, OF Ches-
tcrfeld, who had been summoned away
by the death of relative.
SENATE BILLS PASSED.
To incorporate the North LoudOun
Telephone Company.
TO incorporate the New York and
Southern Construction Company.
TO amend the charter of the city Of
Fredericksburg.
To authorize the issuance of bonds
and preferred stock by the Richmond
and Allegheny Railroad Company.
TO amend and regnact sections ,, 3,
and of an act of the General Assem-
bly, approved February 90, 1886, en-
titled an act to incorporate the Virginia
Company.
TO amend the charter of the town of
Falls Church, in the county of Fairfax.
TO enlarge the powers of the Rich
mond Union Passenger Railway Com
pany.
Toincorporate the James River Nine
raj Developing Company.
10 repeal Jlle dcIS Oh ndTcn Il, 1910,
and March 81, 1879, relating to paupers
in the county of Amherst.
HOUSE BILL PASSED.
To amend the charter of the city Of
Fredericksburg.
REJECTED.
The bill to incorporate the Holly
Springs, Church Hill, and Petersburg
Company came up on the re-
of the Committee on
Roads and Internal Navigation that it
DO not pass. The committees report
was agreed to and the bill rejected.
ADVANCED on THE CALENDAR.
The remainder of the session OF the |
Senate was consumed in the considera
tion of local bills and advancing them |
Oh the calendar. All measures which |
we're calculated to provoke discussion
were passed by to be considered by
fuller Senate. Under this rule of pro-
cedure a large number of bills were
ordered to their engrossment. Among |
them were the following: TO incorpo-
rate the Manchester Railway and I'm
Company to incorporate
The Richmond and Underwater Railroad